Not every supervillain can be, well, super at their job. They aspire to greatness, but may learn they aren't cut out for their ignoble profession. Maybe it's because they're not as bad as they'd like to think. That's the gist of Universal's new 3D toon, Despicable Me.
Coming out a few months before the similarly-themed Megamind (where a supervillain discovers he just may be harboring a heart of gold), Despicable Me follows Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), who looks like a cross between Uncle Fester and Dr. Evil (or his predecessor, Bond baddie Ernst Stavro Blofeld). He lives in a nice house in a nice neighborhood, a perfect cover for his vast underground lair where his minions -- who resemble a hybrid of Twinkies and those cute little aliens from Toy Story -- and his mad scientist colleague, Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand), build his gizmos and weaponry.
Having fallen on hard times, Gru sets out to pull off his biggest heist yet: stealing the moon! But he's competing with a younger upstart, the nerdy Vector (Jason Segel), and finds his cold heart slowly but surely melting when three adorable orphans -- Margo, Edith and Agnes -- enter his life. Suddenly finding himself responsible for something other than his own wicked schemes, Gru may just go from bad to dad
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